Comments on: Percy Jackson & The Olympians – A Harry Potter Rewrite?

By: Angelos DS Fernandes

Angelos DS Fernandes — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0000

However, Harry Potter is by far better than that piece of shit… you can take one reason that overpowers all… the view. Harry Potter is third-person, which is the best. And first-person writer shall know that you (‘I’ in the novel) are not a psychic. Suddenly coming up with I saw Annabeth was thinking about me. <– example. How do you know Annabeth is thinking about you?

By: minotaur

minotaur — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:16:00 +0000

To the person who commented a while earlier, Meagan: you’ve made a lot of errors in your ‘review’.
2.) Harry’s bedroom is a broom cupboard, Percy’s is Gabe’s office
Let me just say, Gabe’s ‘office’ was originally Percy’s room before he was sent again.4.) Both hint about snakes
Where, exactly? Snakes have no purpose in Percy Jackson, other than to be killed.5.) Both mothers have long red hair and special eyes
- Percy’s mother does not have red hair. She has brown hair. I don’t know where you got this from. And as for the ‘special eyes’ part? The only thing about her eyes that are special is that she can see through the mist.6.) Both get looks mostly from their fathers (such as GREEN EYES AND JET BLACK HAIR!?!)
- Percy’s looks are completely his father’s, whereas Harry does not get his father’s eyes. James’ eyes are hazel. Not green. Those are Lily’s.

I think Percy Jackson is an excellent read, especially how it’s in Percy’s point of view. It makes it more fun, unlike with Harry Potter which is written in a more posh way. But I guess that’s because it’s British.

Get your facts straight. I’m not hating on you or anything. But I’m sick and tired of people comparing every single book that comes out to Harry Potter.

By: pipermclean

pipermclean — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:01:00 +0000

Both books start with an 11 year old boy when they find out they are more than what they seem (1 is a wizard and 1 is a demigod) – ACTUALLY Percy Jackson is twelve in the beginning of the series.Book 4 in each series features a labyrinth – THE Labyrinth mentioned in Percy Jackson is the original LabyrinthBoth stories revolve around a prophecy that involves the main character – who would it be about? Bob the janitor?There is a teacher at both schools that has it out for the main character. – Mr D isn’t a teacher. He’s a god – a slacker too. But it’s revealed he doesn’t really hate Percy. He thinks he is the one who could save the gods and the mortals too.Both feature a 3 headed dog – Cerberus is the original 3 headed dog. JK Rowling based hers on the original one. She mentions this in numerous interviews.Both touch on the theme of doing what is right versus doing what is easy -The bad guy in both series uses others to gain power and their human form back – actually, Kronos doesn’t only want a human form. The human form is just a stepping stone for him, to get to his immortal, ultimate state.Both feature “Half-Bloods” – but both have very, very different meanings. Half-blood in Percy Jackson means a child who is half god, half-mortal. A Half-Blood in Percy jackson is a wizard/witch who is half-Muggle and half-Wizard/witchHogwarts and Camp Half-Blood both split their pupils out into different houses. Each house has it’s distinguishing characteristics – Camp Half-Blood has different cabins. Twelve of them, to be exact. Hogwarts doesn’t have a house for pranksters and thieves and agriculture and other of the things mentioned in PJO, does it?

By: Frannie

Frannie — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:49:00 +0000

I really do love Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, but there is NO rip-offs. Just because they are both “Half-Bloods” and so on, doesn’t really prove a point. Plus, the Three-Headed dog Cerbeus (or however it’s spelled) is a part of Mythology, therefore, not stolen by either authors. Same with the Sphinx. And the houses: Each house in Percy Jackson is for a different god, not based on the traits as much as the fact the people in that cabin are born of a certain god. The books have similar morales, I’ll give you that. But many books have that right vs. easy plot- not just Harry Potter or Percy Jackson. Both are very well-written books, with several minor similarities that are barely relevant to the plots.

Thank you for your opinion and I hope you take mine into consideration.

By: Alina

Alina — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:55:00 +0000

Don’t forget that Harry has the ability to speak with snakes and Percy can speak with horses Kinda weird

Both series is GREAT! love them

By: Percylover

Percylover — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:29:00 +0000

percy starts off 12 not 11

By: ShaunaEverdeen

ShaunaEverdeen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:42:00 +0000

Great post.

By: Random_expression

Random_expression — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:28:00 +0000

Oooo just kinda stumbled into here lol
Im going to be very honest and let u know that I didn’t even know PJ existed until the movie and I liked the movie thought it would be a great read and so I eventually purchased the books now only have the last book left to read in the PJ series…
I must say I notice some similarities between the two stories but I notice the interesting differences as well!
And Percy was 12 not 11 =/
Oh the prophecy…similar yet different. Harry really doesn’t even find out about his until MUCH later in the book while PJ finds out rather quickly there is a prophecy and even quicker he finds out what it is…also its not really clear who it could turn out to be about The Prophecy could be about others introduced in the book…witch I find quite entertaining! And I must say I don’t really see this as stealing not unless HP is the first book ever to use a prophecy
Ah the way people are slit up…actually in HP I always kinda felt let down about Slytheren always hopped one person would pop out of that house (besides Snape) and fight for whats right…where as in Percy no house is really evil they do all work together despite some betrayals…and the people that do betray all have good reasons feeling left behind by the gods their mother/father…where as in HP the Slytheren house is just full of evil just because.
Both Percy and Harry seem to get bullied but u know a lot of books have the character get pushed around and stand up to bullies so I really wouldn’t say the PJ books took that from Harry at all…
Oh and a big difference is that Percy’s family life is much better away from his camp then HP from his school…Percy loves seeing his mom and loves being at camp Half-blood…Percy is treated rather well in his time away from the camp besides in the first book…Harry’s life away from school is always depressing.
Oh I guess they both have a character that is afraid of spiders…but I hardly say that’s big or a rip off
I also noticed the 3 headed dog but didn’t think much of it after all he is in Greek mythology …makes sense to me
Ah they both have a smart girl…but they are so different from each other personality wise
I think I saw someone mention the Cap of invisibility…really I like the idea of a cloak better…however im sure there are many books with invisibility abilities in them.
Also someone mentioned Dionysus and Filch being similar…to me they are as similar as Zeus is to Neville Longbottom…but maybe that’s just me
And the half blood thing actually never dawned on me I guess just didn’t make that connection…maybe because everyone at the camp is a half blood…and there is no discrimination like in HP
And I noticed the dream thing to HP was connected to Voldy threw dreams …but such a difference as everyone at the Camp has the potential to have dreams related to ones close to them or things they are connected too…Percy was not the only one that would have dreams… to me it seemed a power that Half bloods just had where as in HP only harry has dreams that were real and such.
So I guess if u say the books are alike I guess they both involve some young boy his friends going on adventures then yeah…but when u start getting into most of the details I personally don’t think PJ is a rip off at all…also it’s a good read for anyone!

By: Sebastian Bernal

Sebastian Bernal — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:32:00 +0000

im a huge fan of both series!!!

By: Kris_swit

Kris_swit — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:00:00 +0000

i’m so glad that they released the first book of The Heroes of Olympus
because honestly after the 2 series, I’ve got nothing to look forward to.
Well, thank you Rick Riordan!